With the addition of Tony Nese after his victory at EVOLVE 63 this weekend, WWE announced the field of 32 for the WWE Cruiserweight Classic, to begin airing on the WWE Network on July 13th.
Notable names include former WWE Cruiserweight Champions Satoshi Taijri and Brian Kendrick, New Japan Pro Wrestling’s former Junior Champion Kota Ibushi, Pro Wrestling Guerilla Champion Zack Sabre Jr., EVOLVE Tag Team Champion Drew Gulak as well as NXT’s Rich Swann, Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano.
Here is the full field of 32 to compete in the WWE Cruiserweight Classic this July:
1. Kota Ibushi
2. Gran Metalik
3. Tajiri
4. Zack Sabre Jr.
5. Noam Dar
6. Da Mack
7. Zumbi
8. Clement Petiot
9. Fabian Aichner
10. Harv Shira
11. Gurv Shira
12. Rich Swann
13. Brian Kendrick
14. Cedric Alexander
15. Akira Tozawa
16. Jack Gallagher
17. Johnny Gargano
18. Tony Nese
19. Tommaso Ciampa
20. Ho Ho Lun
21. TJ Perkins
22. Anthony Bennett
23. Drew Gulak
24. Tyson Dux
25. Lince Dorado
26. Sean Maluta
27. Raul Mendoza
28. Kenneth Johnson
29. Alejandro Saez
30. Damien Slater
31. Jason Lee
32. Ariya Daivari